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State of the Industry – 2011

December 2011

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DCDC Is Back. But Why?

March 2011

Perhaps one of the odder developments during CinemaCon this month was the announcement by Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition (DCDC) that it is once again in business.  DCDC is a joint venture of Warner and DCIP.  (One is left to wonder if this industry can ever get beyond names beginning with DC?)  While the announcement was [...]

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Deployment Financing and the Impact on Equipment Cost

August 2010

Cinedigm’s 10,000 screen Phase 2 roll-out began in early 2008, with a three year roll-out period.  If the roll-out period has not been extended, then its roll-out will end early 2011.  Likewise, DCIP’s roll-out period for its current phase is expected to end in the 2012 time frame.  (Recall that DCIP only has funding for [...]

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DCIP Finally Announces, and Maybe a Surprise Coming?

March 2010

The most significant announcement for the rollout of digital cinema was also the most anti-climatic.  DCIP finally announced the completion of approximately 70% of its financing package.  The announcement was hinging on the signing of a purchase agreement with Sony Electronics.  Last minute haggling?  Given that Sony will collect the lion share of the money [...]

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DCIP and its Non-Announcement

February 2010

The press has been far more eager than DCIP to announce completion of its funding and its readiness to rollout.  Both the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal published articles this month of a pending announcement.  The one announcement that did occur, though, was by Amy Miles, CEO, and David Ownby, EVP and [...]

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DCIP Update

January 2010

Word on the street is that DCIP has its money.  DCIP is the joint venture of AMC, Cinemark, and Regal for the rollout of digital cinema in their theatres.  It is very good news that they’ve completed syndication of their bond for the financing of digital cinema equipment.  Now they are said to be burdened [...]

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Deployment Entities

December 2009

Sony and GDC are also prominent deployment entities, but discussed elsewhere in this report.
Arts Alliance Media (AAM)
UK-based Arts Alliance Media has several operations, including the funding, management, and promotion of alternative content; digital cinema mastering, distribution, system supply and financing; and operation of a web portal that enable 3rd parties to sell-through movies to the [...]

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Exhibitors Want Choice

November 2009

With the closing of Kodak Digital Cinema, Hollywood studios are faced with the fact that 50% of the US deployment entities towards which they spent considerable legal resources have failed to produce the desired results.  This includes deployment agreements signed with Dolby, Kodak, and Technicolor.  Fortunately, Cinedigm, DCIP, and Sony remain active in their pursuit [...]

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